All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
The greatest evil that fortune can bring to men is to endow them with feeble resources and yet to make them ambitious.
Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.